Sunday, May 27, 2012

Our trip to Holland (7)

Behind where my parents live. I spent many hours playing here when I was a kid!

 On Saturday, May 5th, we went to Plaswijckpark, where they have a playground, small zoo and a traffic park all in one!

Never too old for the carrousel...my sister and brother.


Of course we all had to have a turn on this...







 My sisters
On the train in the park
 



And again...

Petting zoo!




  Kookaburra
 Another beautiful bird...
 Big apes (vincent & Cees)!

Cute otter!

 We saved the best for last...the kids loved this!

Waiting in line for his second turn...
 Love her face!
 Brave little Rick!
 Weeeeeee!
 Family pictures! As you can see, it was impossible to get one picture with everyone looking normal!




On Sunday, we went to my old church in The Hague, Crossroads.
Afterwards, we paid un (unexpected) visit to my cousin Patricia, who had just had a baby (Roan) a couple of weeks earlier.
 Awww...almost makes me want to have another one. I said 'almost' ;-)
A present from Oma!
 Dinosaur stickers and Tow-Truck Pluck (English translation of a famous Dutch children's book, Pluk van de Petteflet).
 Then Gabriel and Ruben got a hold of my camera...
  My Dad used to do this with us when we were little (letting us stand on his feet while he walked)!
Monday, May 7th: time to go back home! At Schiphol airport...


Cool wing - lots of engines! It was a beautiful new plane and it was only about 10-15% full!
 Yummy kid's meal. We love flying KLM!
 Naptime...it was a long flight but he did great!

Friday, May 25, 2012

Our trip to Holland (6)

On Thursday, May 3rd we took a tram to Den Haag (The Hague) to see The Lorax with Eveline, Ruben & Fébe.
3 Happy Meals for 3 happy kids!
They had fun!
After the movie, we stopped by the toy store...
Old-fashioned phone booths!

Well that's a little disrespectful...
At the Binnenhof (more info here) in The Hague.




Anybody home?





Gabriel, Ruben and a Dutch police car.
Well the seagull finally left!
Dinner with Opa & Oma (nasi!).
Pickle
Ministeck...wish this was available in the US!
On Friday my cousins Nicolette & Alexandra (and her son Jonas) came to visit.
 Reading to Alexandra
 Cute little Jonas (almost 1 year old) really enjoyed watching Gabriel.

 Sjoelen (Dutch shuffleboard). Wish we had one here! Gabriel loved it!

 I won! ;)